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DFUS vs LCAP: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and LCAP hold 44% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Principal Capital Appreciation Select ETF.

DFUS costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points.

DFUSLCAP
Expense ratio0.09%0.29%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and LCAP as of Oct 8, 2026$20.9bn$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+17.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common44%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%42.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+17.7%
LCAP total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.29%
LCAP expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and LCAP hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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44% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS LCAP
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 7.18%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 6.06%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 3.88%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 3.73%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 5.38%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 3.36%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 1.62%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 2.82%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.91%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33% 2.52%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 1.40%
Only in DFUS
ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.90%
WALMART INC. 0.71%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.68%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.62%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.58%
Only in LCAP
Novartis AG 1.49%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.16%
Exxon Mobil Corp 1.09%
Ventas Inc 1.02%
Terreno Realty Corp 0.90%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
LCAP
Principal Capital Appreciation Select ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Principal
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +17.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 0.0 pts +0.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.29%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 89.5%
Holdings 2236 54
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and LCAP as of Oct 8, 2026 $20.9bn $1.9bn

DFUS and LCAP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DFUS in plain words

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,236 positions, with the top ten at 34.6%.

LCAP in plain words

LCAP is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 54 positions, with the top ten at 42.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or LCAP?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and LCAP +17.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or LCAP?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and LCAP overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 90% of LCAP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗LCAP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCAP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Principal website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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